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I SMOKERS SET. I No. 404,665. Patented June 4, 1889.

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SMOKERS'SET.

No. 404,665. Patented June 4, 1889.

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\VILLIAM S. WVI-IITING, OF W'ATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLESF. TROTT, OF SAME PLACE.

SMOKERS SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,665, dated June 4,1889. Application filed January 28, 1889. Serial No. 297,769. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. VVHITING, a citizen of the United States,residing at VVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSmokers Sets;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce a smokers set provided with acigar-holder, ash-receiver, &c.,which shall be so constructed that thecigar-holder will fold up within the outer walls, so as to be whollyconcealed from view, and which by a slight movement may be let down toplace the cigars in convenient position for use.

l/Vith these ends in view I have devised the novel construction of whichthe following de scription, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, numbers being used to denote the severalparts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device complete and in the closedposition; Fig. 2, an elevation thereof in the open position; Fig. 3, anend elevation in the closed position, the open position of the partsbeing indicated in dotted lines and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section inthe closed position, looking down.

It will of course be understood that the principle of my invention maybe applied in connection with various ornamental designs, the designselected in the present instance being that of a log 0. bin with a stonechimney and a bark roof, the cabin being mounted on a stand, and therebeing in front of the cabin a cider-barrel and a rock, the formerserving as a match-safe or ash-receiver and the latter as a scratcherfor matches. As the design of this log cabin is made the subject of adesign application of even date herewith, I shall in the specificationrefer to the cabin as a case and to the chimney as a hinged.operating-lever.

1 denotes the end and back walls of the case, which may be cast in asingle piece, or may be cast separately and secured together,

or, if preferred, may be made of other material, as sheet metal orcompressed paper.

2 denotes the front wall, which is hinged to the end walls at thebottom, as indicated at 3 in Figs. 1 and 3, and 4 denotes the cover, thewhole or a portion of which is hinged, so as to permit of its beingraised. In the present instance I have shown the cover as made in twoparts, like the sloping double roof of a cabin, and as hinged at theapex. (See Fig. 1; also indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.)

5 denotes the cigar-holder, which is secured to the front wall. Thisholder is preferably made in the form of a rack consisting of two plateshaving perforations to receive the cigars, said plates being supportedby standards, the lower ends of which are rigidly secured to the frontwall, so that when the parts are in the open position, as in Figs. 2 and3, the cigars will stand upright in the rack, and when in the closedposition the cigars will lie horizontally in the rack, as indicated inFig. 4.

The cover is raised and the cigar-holder is turned outward to place thecigars in position for use by means of a suitable operating-lever 6. Inthe present instance I make the imitation chimney of the log cabin serveas the operating-lever. This chimney or operating-lever is hinged to thecase, as at 7, in such a manner as to permit of its being turned outwardfrom the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to that shown in Fig. 2, andindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The rooft'. a, the coveris raisedby means of a curved arm 8, the outer end of which is attached to thechimney, and which extends within the case through a slot 9 in the wallthereof. (See Fig. 2.) At the outer end of this arm where it joins thechimney is a depressed portion 10, having an upwardly-extending incline11.

12 is an arm which projects downward from the cover, the lowerendresting upon curved arm 8. WVhen the chimney is swung to its normalposition-that is, the closed position of the caseas shown in Figs. 1 and3, the lower end of arm 12 will rest in depressed portion 10 of arm 8.\Vhen the chimney is swung to the open position, however-that is, as inFig. 2-the lower end of arm 12 will ride up the incline of arm 8, whichwill raise the roof-i. 0., the cover-was is clearly shown in Fig. 2, theroof remaining in the raised position until the chimney--i. 6., theoperatinglever-is swung back to its normal or closed position. The frontwall of the case, which carries the cigar-holder, is also operated bymeans of the chimney or operating-lever, but does not move until afterthe cover has been raised.

13 denotes a bell-crank lever pivoted to the bottom of the case. In thepresent instance said lever is shown as pivoted to a plate 14.

15 is a link, one end of which is pivoted to one arm of the bell-cranklever, the other end being pivoted to cars 16 near the bottom of thefront wall 2.

17 denotes a link, the inner end of which ispivoted to the other arm ofthe bell-crank lever, its outer end being pivoted to theoperating-lever1'. 0., the chi1nney-near the bottom thereof. The outerend of link 17 is shown (see dotted lines, Fig. 4:) as provided with aslot 18, through which the pivot passes. This is in order that the frontwall carrying the cigar-holder shall not begin to move until after thecover is raised. In returning the parts to their closed position theoperatinglever-i. a, the chimneysimply has to be turned back to itsnormal position. As soon as the limit of slot 18 is reached, the frontwall 2, carrying the cigar-holder, will begin to rise and swing over toits closed position. It will of course be understood that the parts areso constructed that the front wall, and with it the cigar-holder, willreach the closed position before the cover descends upon them.

1.9 denotes a receptacle in the chimney, which may serve as a match-safeor an ashreceiverordinarily, however, as a matchsafe. In order toprovide a suitable ash re' eeiver, and also to carry out the traditionalidea of the log cabin and cider-barrel, I provide an imitationcider-barrel 20 at one side of the cabin, and in order to provide asuit-- able scratcher for matches I place an imitation rock 21 on theopposite side of the cabin. The cider-barrel and rock are both providedwith standards or pivots 22, which extend down into the stand, which Ihave denoted by 23. This stand may of course be made of any suitablematerial, as of wood or metal.

As already stated, the material of which the case is composed hasnothing to do with my present invention, although in practice Ipreferably cast the parts from metal and bronze them. It willfurthermore be apparent that the mechanical construction of the case maybe applied to any suitable ornamental design and is in no way limited tothe design herein shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- and shown, operated bysaid lever, whereby the cover is raised and the front wall with thecigar-holder turned outward to place the cigars in position for use.

2. The case having a hinged front wall carrying a cigar-holder and ahinged cover having a downwardly-projecting arm 12, in combination withan operating-lever having a curved arm with an incline which engages arm12 to raise and lower the cover, a bellcrank lever, and links 15 and 17,whereby the front wall and cigar-holder are moved, respectively, to theopen and closed positions.

3. The case consisting of end and back walls 1, a front wall hinged tothe end walls, and a hinged cover having an arm 12, in combination. withan operating-lever having a curved arm extending into the case andprovided with an incline which engages arm 12 to raise and lower thecase, a bell-crank lever 13 within the ease, and links 15 and II 7,connected to the bell-crank lever and to the front wall andopcrating-lever, respectively, as and for the purpose set forth. 1

4. The combination, with the side and back walls, of a front wall hingedat the bottom and carrying a cigar-holder, an operating-lever, abell-crank lever, and links connected, respectively, to the front walland to the operating-lever, whereby said front wall and cigar-holder arethrown to the open and closed positions.

5. The combination, with the walls, of a hinged cover having a dependingarm 12 and a hinged operating-lever having a curved arm 8, provided withan incline adapted to engage arm 12, whereby the cover is raised andlowered, respectively, when the operating-lever is moved inward oroutward.

0. The combination,with the end and back walls, the front wall hingedthereto and carrying a cigar-holder, and an operating-lever having acurved arm extending within the case, of a hinged cover having an armengaged by said curved arm, and mechanism, substantially as describedand shown, operated by said lever, whereby the front wall is moved tothe open or closed position and the cover is raised or lowered.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. WI'II'IIING.

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